Archive of ‘Giveaway’ category

Last week, I had the pleasure of touring 1154 LILL Studio‘s newest boutique. The 1154 LILL “design your own handbag” concept was born at a Windy City street fair in 1999 – and since its inception, 1154 LILL Studio has opened stores in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. I’m so excited that they’ve found a home in my hometown, Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia boutique boasts 1000 square feet, with wooden design tables throughout the space where customers can create the bag/accessory of their choice by mixing and matching some of the 150 available fabrics. The styles offered range from small cosmetic bags and headbands to large handbags and oversized totes, and cost between $26 and $200.

After touring the premises and hearing the company back story, I was elated to learn that 1154 LILL Studio was allowing me to create my own custom bag! For almost an hour, I played with fabrics, colors, and textures to make a fab bag for Spring. Here’s how the 1154 LILL Studio custom handbag concept works:

1) First pick your style of bag from over 25 current shapes and silhouettes in the line.

2) Mix and match colors, patterns and textures to select the right choice for each part of your bag: exterior, interior, pockets, straps, etc. 1154 LILL Studio introduces new fabrics every few weeks and have between 150 – 300 designer textiles available at any given time.

3) After placing your order, you simply have to wait 3 to 4 weeks for the 1154 LILL Studio team to hand craft it to your exact specifications. Your order will be shipped to you, or you can pick it up in one of the boutique locations.

Even though my bag is currently in the hands of the Chicago-based production team, here’s a sneak peek at my Spoiled Pretty satchel…

Adorable, right? Even if you don’t reside anywhere near one of their boutiques, a one-of-a-kind 1154 LILL Studio creation is at your fingertips – thanks to their online store. 1154lill.com is open 24/7 – and the customization tool lets you see your bag as you design it.

Wait…it gets better. 1154 LILL Studio has graciously donated a $100 gift certificate, so that one lucky Spoiled Pretty reader can design her very own creation!

To enter, send an email to spoiledprettycontests@gmail.com – be sure to include your full name. The subject line should read “LILL Giveaway.” The contest ends at 9pm EST on Sunday, April 6th. A winner will be chosen at random from among the entrants. On Monday, April 7th, I’ll announce the winner’s name. Please, only one entry per person; duplicate entries will not increase your chances of winning. Contest is open to U.S. & Canadian residents only.

Spoiled Pretty’s Guilt-Free Giveaway ends tomorrow at 9pm EST. You can’t win Jaqua’s Pink Champagne Guilt-Free Kit if you don’t enter. So click the link, follow the instructions, and maybe it’ll be your name that I announce on Monday.

Lindsay, winner of the Greatest Giveaway, wrote me the other day to say thanks – and to extol the virues of The Greatest Brush In The World. Here’s what she said:

Daneen!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I can’t even begin to tell you how much I LOVE my TGBIW! I received it a few days ago and wanted to use it a bit so I could give you a full report. Bottom line: silky bristles, perfect application…if your readers DON’T have this brush…THEY NEED TO GET IT ASAP!

I’m heading to Philly soon so I will definitely be stopping by Ursula’s About PHace to pick up some more goodies!

To enter, send an email to spoiledprettycontests@gmail.com – be sure to include your full name. The subject line should read “Guilt-Free Giveaway.” The contest ends at 9pm EST on Sunday, March 30th. A winner will be chosen at random from among the entrants. On Monday, March 31st, I’ll announce the winner’s name. Please, only one entry per person; duplicate entries will not increase your chances of winning. Contest is open to U.S. & Canadian residents only.

Water is your skin’s best friend. So we’re making it easier (not to mention more fun) to get your fill.

SIGG is sponsoring a Spoiled Pretty Giveaway!!!

Combining function and fashion, SIGG’s lightweight aluminum bottles come in 144 unique designs. They’re reusable, recyclable, and eco-friendly – not to mention stylish. SIGG has been featured on The Today Show – and has graced the pages of Elle, In Touch, Newsweek, and Women’s Health.

Three lucky Spoiled Pretty readers will receive a SIGG Lifestyle Water Bottle. The contest ends at 9pm EST on Sunday, March 23rd – so don’t delay…enter today.

When I was just a wee beauty junkie in undergrad, I worked at the school library. And every payday, my BFF and I would go to CVS and blow half of our paychecks on cosmetics – I was a huge fan of Revlon lipsticks and nail polishes. So when I learned that the Fafi Giveaway winner was a college student, it warmed my heart.

Yesterday, she sent me the following email to tell me how much fun she’s having with Fafi:

So I just finished playing with the Fafi set (I couldn’t wait until this evening, so I broke ‘em out between classes) and I must say that everything is AMAZING.

The Lipglasses are lovely and sparkly, and the Strawbaby Lipstick is just dark enough to be sassy without being too bold for wearing during the day. The Paint Pots are FANTASTIC – I must say, I’m a little bit in love with both Perky and Girl Friendly, and they both result in such a nice, smooth color on your eyes that I just can’t get enough of them. I can see them being super-hot with the black eye kohl and some insanely black mascara so they pop, because like Strawbaby, they’re just subdued enough to be sassy and wearable at the same time.

I’m OVER THE MOON about everything in the set and completely stoked to try out some of the white Fascinating Eye Kohl, so I’ll definitely be trying some experiments with how it works. If anyone has any suggestions for white eyeliner, let me know, because I’m all over that! Thanks so much!!!

Amber, winner of the Felix Rey Giveaway, emailed me to say thanks for her prize. Here’s what she had to say:

So, I’ve been using my totally gorgeous cosmetics bag from Felix Rey this past week and it is absolutely fabulous. I cannot get over how perfect it is and how pretty the floral print is! It’s bigger than a typical cosmetics bag which is PERFECT for me, because all of my beauty tools actually fit. Thank you so much for the amazing contest, and you tell Felix Rey or post on your blog that I am absolutely thrilled with my prize!!! The clear plastic-y outside material is perfect so I don’t worry about staining the bag with makeup or getting it wet. Basically, it’s just what I needed!

Water is your skin’s best friend. But those plastic water bottles are no friend of the earth. In fact, Americans add over 30 million plastic water bottles to our nation’s landfills everyday. And I won’t even get into those icky chemicals that plastic bottles release into your “pure” H2O.

Using reusable bottles – like these from SIGG – greatly help reduce unnecessary environmental waste caused by plastic water bottles.

Designed to fit your on-the-go lifestyle, SIGG ultra lightweight water bottles are available in a wide array of colors and designs, allowing you to choose the one that best fits your personality. Created from a single piece of aluminum, SIGG Lifestyle Water Bottles are rugged, crack-resistant and completely reusable and recyclable. The interior lining is 100% leak-proof and combats residue build-up, so it’s easy to clean and ensures that all you taste is the water.

SIGG bottles were featured in TIME magazine’s “The Most Amazing Inventions of 2005” – and since then, they have been on everyone’s lips.

Now, SIGG bottles can be on your lips…because SIGG is sponsoring a Spoiled Pretty Giveaway!!! Three lucky winners will receive a SIGG Lifestyle Water Bottle.

To enter, send an email to spoiledprettycontests@gmail.com – be sure to include your full name. The subject line should read “SIGG Giveaway.” The contest ends at 9pm EST on Sunday, March 23rd. Winners will be chosen at random from among the entrants. On Monday, March 24th, I’ll announce the winners’ names. Please, only one entry per person; duplicate entries will not increase your chances of winning. Contest is open to U.S. & Canadian residents only.